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NewsJune 25, 2013

Penske Truck Leasing Orders 100 Compressed Natural Gas Tractors

Penske Truck Leasing announced it has ordered 100 compressed natural gas Freightliner Cascadia tractors equipped with Cummins Westport 12-liter engines.

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NewsJune 25, 2013

OOIDA Launches Truckers for Safety Campaign

A national association representing professional truckers has launched a new campaign to address the biggest safety gap in the trucking industry: the lack of basic training standards for new drivers.

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NewsJune 24, 2013

Ohio Trucking Association Forms "Trucking University"

Starting in July, the Ohio Trucking University, will be offering a comprehensive series of education programs covering a broad range of topics

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NewsJune 24, 2013

Cargo Thefts Decline While Values of Stolen Loads Increase

A new report from logistics security services provider FreightWatch International shows while the number of cargo thefts in the United States fell in the most recent three-month period, the value of the average loss moved higher.

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NewsJune 24, 2013

North Dakota Trucking Operation Cited by OSHA Following Worker Death

Plains Trucking, Ross, N.D.. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for nine safety violations after a worker was fatally injured March 27 while cleaning the inside of a crude oil tanker that exploded at the company's facility in Ross.

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NewsJune 24, 2013

Research Shows Americans Favor Some Additional Funding for Transportation

Would Americans favor additional taxes and fees to support the nation's transportation infrastructure? A variety of questions on that topic were posed to a sample of people in a nationwide survey.

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NewsJune 24, 2013

Trailer Industry Orders Soft in May Against Strong April

New trailer orders of 15,660 trailers fell 30% month over month but the result was mostly due a comparison to a very strong April.

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NewsJune 24, 2013

Cadec and Ortec Partner to Provide Integrated Transportation Management Solutions

Cadec Global, which helps companies stay connected to their fleets, and privately held global supply chain software provider Ortec announced that the two companies have forged a new agreement that enables Ortec to resell Cadec’s PowerVue software and On-Board Computers.

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ProductsJune 24, 2013

ALK's CoPilot Truck Part of Webtech Wireless' Latest

Webtech Wireless is offering ALK Technologies' CoPilot Truck in-cab navigation solution as part of the MDT 3100 and Quadrant Manager.

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NewsJune 21, 2013

Optimism Increases for Future Rate and Volume Growth

A new Transport Capital Partners survey shows better expectations among trucking company executives when it comes to rates and freight volume. TCP says this breaks a three-year trend of lowering expectations for volume growth in the second quarter. More carriers expect volumes for the second quarter to hold steady.

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